Core Technology

GeneFISH
© Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology/J. Barrero-Canosa

Fluorescence in situ Hybridization (FISH) is a core competence of our department. We identify and visualize individual bacterial groups or single genes. Click for more ...

 

We use "next-generation sequencing", i.e. the current generation, to identify the genomic potential of complex microbial communities. Click here to find out more about it ...

Cultivation of marine microbes
© Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology/J. Harder

Microbes are everywhere. See here how we isolate and cultivate individual species ...

Automated Microscopy
© Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology/A. Ellrott

The quantification of different types of microorganisms is routine work in microbial ecology. Samples from time-series or transects are enumerated automatically with our 'roboscope' ...

CLSM
© Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology/A. Ellrott

The CLSM has become our working horse for detecting specific fluorescence signals. Find out more about our instrument ...

Superresolution
© Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology/A. Ellrott

Highest res­ol­u­tion is needed to dis­cover sub-cel­lu­lar struc­tures and mo­lec­ule loc­al­isa­tion. Our latest instruments to overcome the diffraction limit ...

Deep Water Incubator
© Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology/A. Ellrott
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